Urban Disaster Risk Management
Geodata technology to protect populations
Database Development
- Evaluation and specification of suitable geospatial data
- Data transfer and aggregation into standardized digital information
- Support of sustainable urban planning processes
- Visualization of project results by an open accessible web viewer to support the decision making process in urban planning
- Development of a standardized and updated geodata base for exposure analysis and mapping
Exposure Analysis
- Retrospective multi-temporal analysis of urban development
- Update of urban maps
- Digital Terrain and Surface Modelling
- Flood mapping
- Simulation of flooding scenarios for the designation of threatened areas in regard of the climate change effects
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
- Identification of main drivers of vulnerability and risk
- Socioeconomic analysis
- Assessment and mapping of societal vulnerability in urban areas
- Simulation of future urban growth scenarios
- Vulnerability and risk scenarios
- Sustainable planning concepts
- Capacity building and skills training for integrating risk information into urban planning / resilience strategies
